Description
On the windswept coast of rural Suffolk, Stephen—an electronics engineer with a talent for solving problems—arrives at the secluded Saxmere estate for a three-month assignment that quickly reveals itself to be far more unsettling than promised. As he settles into the rhythms of the remote community, he finds himself drawn into a dangerous experiment led by a brilliant, deranged scientist determined to extract the “essence of life” itself. What begins as a technical job becomes a psychological and moral test, where ambition, obsession, and the thin line between discovery and catastrophe collide. Blending gothic atmosphere with sharp, suspenseful tension, the story explores themes of scientific hubris, human vulnerability, and the cost of pushing beyond nature’s limits.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Books, Limited
Published Feb 22, 2018
64 pages
ISBN: 9780241339206
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First Published
1944
Language
eng
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